Gern
Blanston
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 172
 
Born: August 14, 1960 in Waco, TX
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 20 BIR FL     7 7 7 3 3 3 12 12 12 3 2 2 8 8 8
1982 21 GRE JL     8 8 8 3 3 3 14 14 14 3 2 2 13 13 13
1983 22 GRE JL     11 11 11 3 3 3 15 15 15 5 5 5 14 14 14
1984 23 LOU JL     11 11 11 5 5 5 15 15 15 8 8 8 14 14 14
1985 24 LOU JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 5 5 5 17 17 17 10 10 10 15 15 15
1986 25 LOU JL     12 12 12 5 5 5 17 17 17 10 10 10 15 15 15
1987 26 LOU JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 5 5 5 17 17 17 10 10 10 16 16 16
1988 27 LOU JL $ 300,000   13 13 13 6 6 6 17 17 17 10 10 10 17 17 17
1989 28 LOU JL $ 300,000   13 13 13 6 6 6 17 17 17 10 10 10 17 17 17
1990 29 LOU JL $ 402,857   13 13 13 6 6 6 18 17 18 10 10 10 17 17 17
1991 30 LOU JL $ 402,857   12 12 12 6 6 6 18 17 18 10 10 10 17 17 17
1992 31 LOU JL $ 402,857   12 12 13 5 5 5 18 18 18 10 10 10 17 17 17
1993 32 LOU JL     12 12 12 4 4 4 17 17 17 11 10 10 16 16 16
1994 33 LBC FL $ 1,315,500   11 11 12 4 4 4 17 17 17 10 10 10 16 16 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 3 3 3 12 12 12 3 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,315,500   13 13 13 6 6 6 18 18 18 11 10 10 17 17 17
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 20 A   97 418 68 135 24 7 5 46 27 14 43 95 .323 .386 .450 .836 69.1  
1982 21 AA   62 227 31 74 19 5 2 30 5 5 10 34 .326 .354 .480 .835 33.8  
    A   27 105 17 40 10 3 2 14 7 2 10 11 .381 .435 .590 1.025 23.5  
1983 22 AAA   138 591 71 156 39 5 6 49 23 13 28 75 .264 .297 .377 .675 62.7  
1984 23 AAA   138 543 81 150 39 7 9 90 21 8 56 71 .276 .344 .424 .767 78.4  
1985 24 LOU JL 113 193 35 45 12 4 1 20 20 3 12 22 .233 .275 .352 .628 21.5 2.5
1986 25 AAA   136 503 93 164 34 6 6 94 32 7 83 81 .326 .422 .453 .875 97.6  
1987 26 LOU JL 9 19 3 7 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 3 .368 .400 .632 1.032 4.1 0.9
    AAA   104 453 118 150 26 6 20 79 28 13 61 47 .331 .411 .547 .958 95.3  
1988 27 LOU JL 83 148 25 39 5 1 0 18 13 4 9 9 .264 .306 .311 .617 14.7 1.8
1989 28 LOU JL 87 221 43 68 18 6 6 33 12 5 19 18 .308 .363 .525 .887 38.9 8.0
1990 29 LOU JL 43 65 11 16 5 2 0 10 3 5 6 7 .246 .306 .385 .690 6.3 0.2
1991 30 AAA   137 546 99 184 48 13 12 81 30 10 62 44 .337 .405 .538 .943 109.4  
1992 31 LOU JL 99 182 29 48 15 3 3 22 6 8 19 12 .264 .332 .429 .760 22.3 2.2
    AAA   6 26 3 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .423 .464 .577 1.041 5.9  
1993 32 LOU JL 85 114 30 43 9 4 0 15 6 8 9 9 .377 .413 .526 .939 21.2 3.6
1994 33 LBC FL 128 277 40 75 22 5 2 30 23 11 13 25 .271 .302 .408 .710 30.3 2.7
8 Years Sim 647 1219 216 341 88 25 13 154 85 44 88 105 .280 .326 .425 .751 159.2 21.9
6 Years AAA 659 2662 465 815 187 37 54 395 134 51 292 319 .306 .373 .465 .838 449.1  
1 Years AA 62 227 31 74 19 5 2 30 5 5 10 34 .326 .354 .480 .835 33.8  
2 Years A 124 523 85 175 34 10 7 60 34 16 53 106 .335 .394 .478 .872 92.6  
9 Years Minors 845 3412 581 1064 240 52 63 485 173 72 355 459 .312 .375 .468 .843 575.5  
162 Game Average 305 54 85 22 6 3 38 21 11 22 26 .280 .326 .425 .751 39.9  
Career Highs 128 277 43 75 22 6 6 33 23 11 19 25 .377 .413 .632 1.032 38.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   808 131 217 57 17 8 93 50 24 52 70 .269 .311 .411 .722 100.0
vs LH   411 85 124 31 8 5 61 35 20 36 35 .302 .356 .453 .808 62.4
Home 321 600 99 152 41 9 4 67 37 23 41 61 .253 .299 .372 .671 63.9
Away 326 619 117 189 47 16 9 87 48 21 47 44 .305 .352 .477 .829 98.6
RISP   314 0 95 21 9 2 125 0 0 21 23 .303 .338 .446 .784 45.0
Pinch Hitting   135 17 35 9 4 1 20 6 6 7 12 .259 .296 .407 .703 14.5
Close/Late   188 63 57 14 2 2 22 0 0 15 20 .303 .355 .431 .786 27.1
Mar/Apr 89 147 31 42 9 5 2 19 11 6 12 14 .286 .335 .456 .791 21.6
May 104 212 40 61 12 5 2 26 18 6 14 18 .288 .329 .420 .749 29.3
June 125 280 50 83 20 7 3 35 19 10 20 21 .296 .342 .450 .792 40.6
July 110 240 33 61 16 5 2 28 19 10 20 27 .254 .309 .388 .697 28.4
August 118 208 38 54 19 0 2 26 7 4 11 13 .260 .295 .380 .675 22.0
Sep/Oct 101 132 24 40 12 3 2 20 11 8 11 12 .303 .357 .485 .841 20.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1985 24 LOU JL SS 47 14 185.3 25 53 1 12 .987 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 30 18 171.0 8 41 4 2 .925 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 12 12 101.0 20 31 0 6 1.000 4.54 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1987 26 LOU JL SS 4 3 27.0 2 10 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 27 LOU JL SS 48 14 192.3 24 59 0 9 1.000 3.88 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    2B 17 17 150.0 31 42 1 11 .986 4.38 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 2 2 18.0 0 4 1 0 .800 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 28 LOU JL 2B 39 38 317.7 60 110 3 20 .983 4.82 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 28 14 148.7 21 36 0 8 1.000 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 2 1 10.0 2 0 1 1 .667 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 29 LOU JL SS 17 5 75.0 4 15 0 3 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 8 6 51.7 6 14 0 2 1.000 3.48 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 5 2 20.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1992 31 LOU JL 2B 38 24 248.7 35 77 3 12 .974 4.05 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 42 13 181.0 26 64 4 11 .957 4.48 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 32 LOU JL SS 28 8 114.7 11 36 0 7 1.000 3.69 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 13 11 96.7 20 31 0 7 1.000 4.75 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 11 4 41.3 0 11 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 33 LBC FL 2B 31 20 197.7 51 76 4 14 .969 5.78 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 22 14 141.0 8 31 5 3 .886 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 15 12 115.0 20 53 3 10 .961 5.71 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 15 13 115.0 126 13 5 12 .965 10.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 159 129 1169.3 224 381 11 72 .982 4.66 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  SS 229 83 1039.0 133 326 8 61 .983 3.98 0 0 .000 0 5.7
  3B 72 41 401.3 21 91 11 7 .911 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  1B 19 13 121.0 132 14 5 13 .967 10.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   481 266 2734.6 513 812 35 153 .974 4.36 1 0 .000 0 12.1
Career Highs   89 59 570.7 205 173 17 39 1.000 5.96 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 24 LOU JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 27 LOU JL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200
1989 28 LOU JL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1990 29 LOU JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1994 33 LBC FL 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 .214 .267 .286 .552
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History
Injured on 6/23/1981 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/11/1981 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks